Golf-club staff



Patented Oct. 7,1

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Application filed November 1928. Serial No. 672,371.

hance the hold of the p ayer on the staff ofthe club.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the invention appertains. v With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as the description roceeds, the invention resides in .the-combmationa'nd arrangements of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that, within the scope of whatis claimed, changes in the precise v embodiment of the invention shown, can be made, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows inside elevation, a golf club stafi' constructed in accordance with the invention, parts being successively broken away; Figure '2' is a cross section on the line 2-2 of Figure 1; Figure 3 is a cross section on the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

The golf club staff forming the subject matter of this application includes a core 1' which, preferably, is made of steel, or of some other metal, the core 1 being surrounded by a textile covering 2, which may 9 be in the form of a tube of braided material. About the covering 2 is disposed a casing 3 preferably made of hard wood, the casing being divided into two or more sections. A body 4, made of bamboo, rattan or other like material, isdisposed about the casing 3, and is divided radially into a plurality of sections, there being, preferably, more sections in the body 4 than there are 1n tudinal ribs 5.

between the the casing 3. Adjacent tothe handle end of the staff, the body 4 is supplied with longibout the ribbed portion 5 of the body 4' is disposed a tubular gri 6 made of leather, rubber, or other suita 1e material, the rip" being pressed inwardly ri s 5 of the body 4 to form external ribs 7 in'the grip 6. The constituent parts of the device, constructed as above' described, preferably are secured together by'glue or cement, and the result is a golf club staff of great strength, a grip being provided which may be grasped readily hand of the player to prevent the club from slipping and,. it being practically impos- 1n thesible for-the grip to'becomedetached from v the staff of the club. v e

. VJhat I claim is:

.1. .In a golf club staff, comprising a metal core and a wooden enclosure for the core, the enclosure comprising an inner casing and an outer body, the casing and the body being divided longitudinally and the joints in the casing being disposed in breakrjoint order with res ect to the joints of the body, circumferentia ly of the staff.

i 2. Av olf club stafi comprising ametal core an a wooden enclosure for the core, the enclosure comprising an inner casing and an outerbody, the casing and the body beingdivided longitudinally, the joints of the casing bein disposed inbreak-joint relation to the oints of the body, and a textile covering interposed between the easing and the core.

3. A olf club stall comprising a metal core an a wooden enclosure for the core, the wooden enclosure bemg provided with longitudinal ribs, and a tubular grip extended about the ribs and coperating with the ribs to form external ribs lnthe grip.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I'h ave hereto ailixed my slgnature in the presence of two witnesses.

' EDWIN H. COSBY. Witnesses:

C. S. EMERY, C- A 

